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Chapter 5: Do You Want to Die?

I was in that dream again.

Grass wet with dew brushed against my bare legs as I glided quickly through the meadow, barely feeling the ground beneath my feet. My eyes were scanning for another glimpse of the majestic creature I’d just gained sight of a moment ago before it bound between two large pine trees.

I knew if I followed the gorgeous white pony further into the woods, I would run into him again.

“Don’t touch me!” He raised his voice, but he didn’t sit up, and his arms lay limp at his side. He wore a mask over his face. Only his onyx black eyes were visible to me.

“Do you want to die?” I retorted as I inspected his body for wounds.

“…I don’t care,” he replied quietly.

My hands paused. For some reason, his words broke my heart a little, even though he’d almost killed me just now.

I lifted my gaze to meet his. His eyes were so deep, so dark, like infinite wells, and I feared that if I spent too much time looking into them, I might not be able to extricate myself from their depths.

“Well, I do, okay?” I said. “My father would yell at me if he finds out I left someone bleeding to death in the wild! Relax. l’

m just going to bandage up these wounds.”

He grunted a bit when I lifted him off of the ground, but he didn’t fight back anymore.

Silence filled the air, and I felt I had to say something, so I started with the basic question. “What’s your name?”

He looked at me with those dark eyes and answered, “I don’t have one.”

“Really? That’s strange, because I don’t have one either.”

He cocked his head to the side and gave me a look that was a cross between confused and annoyed.

“It’s true. People just call me girl.”

“Girl?” he repeated.

“That’s right. Girl,” I gave him a big smile. My father had told me that smiles were one of the most effective ways to make friends.

But instead of returning a smile back to me, he almost seemed a bit uncomfortable and moved his gaze away from mine. “And what are you doing out here in the woods all alone?” he asked.

“Um…“ | tapped on my chin. “Have you heard of the Sun Blossom flower?”

His eyes widened slightly, and I could see that he had heard of it.

I continued, “You know, the flower that grows on the side of the mountains. I’ve heard they’re beautiful, and smell won

WI

derful. That’s why I came. My friend was leading me there…”

“Your friend?” he glanced around immediately, his tone

wary.

“Yes, my new friend. A little white pony…”

He let out a breath of relief, and then said matter-of-fact ly. “Those flowers, they’re not easy to get.”

“My mother also said it was a fool’s errand.” | rested my hands in my lap. “But I love flowers. Don’t you?”

He shrugged and looked down at the ground.

fire was suddenly extinguished. His whole

and I started

couldn’t stop the trembling in my

“Is something the matter?”

of his voice startled me. I looked up in shock, my mouth agape as

happened?”

his hand at me. In it was a beautiful Sun Blos som flower in full bloom, its delicate purple petals

handing the flower to me.

stared at the flower. “How

to seep in all around me again until it was

shouted, wishing I knew his

to grab him, and that

sinking into the fabric of my

was

“Are you all

behind his mask, but

had stopped, but the blood

shrill scream escaped from me-I realized he was dead and

out of my chest as my

where I was. Brushing my hand over my face, I sat up in bed and looked at

Right. The palace.

the prince’s office. It was no wonder i’d had such a bloody version of my recurring

first rays of dawn filtered in beneath the curtains, and a glance at the clock told me that it

couldn’t go back to sleep. Not after

I got out of bed and decided to head to the gar den for

air was crisp so I inhaled deeply, feeling more optimistic and

so he could give me advice about how to proceed. Luckily, his lessons had been engraved in my heart. I would find a way to make it through this trial to get back

beautiful rosebush. The blooms were a soft pink with traces of white, and they smelled divine. I paused to breathe them in, looking at the

all right. I just knew it. Peace fulness settled around me, and

noises caught my attention and they

crashing hard to the

rose bushes, and then I heard what I thought were growls, followed by muttered curse

saw the shapes of two people fighting one another, and I immediately recognized one of them. He was the last person I wanted to see

being attacked… again. Really, how hated

best to get

Shoot!

knees behind the bushes, I tried to hide myself, praying neither of

to be interrupted by me and ended shortly. Just then, I heard a familiar voice order, “Come out now, or I’ll

last at tempt at self-preservation, I grabbed some dirt and smeared it on my face, messing

enough that he wouldn’t want to look at me. That way, he wouldn’t recognize

Theo’s expression was hard.

about halfway. My eyes immediately went to his chest, but then I dropped my head so that I wasn’t staring at places that

approaching footsteps on the path behind him gave me a bit of hope that maybe someone would come along and spare

on time. Are you okay?” The footsteps finished in quick succession as Jake, the Beta, stopped next

here?” Instead of replying to his Be

by, Your Highness,” I

Obviously, he didn’t buy it. “You may look a mess, but

tried to come up with an excuse he might like for being outside. “Yes, that’s true. I was… on my way to

rumble, and with every syllable, a new tremor of fear passed over me. “Let me make this clear. Leave me alone un less

Jake tried to remind him,

away?” | as sumed he was referring to the

Beta Jake glanced at me

to me, and I cowered, but my feet remained planted for worry of what would hap

I will end you. Do you hear me?”